polyglot.types.reflect
Class Attribute

java.lang.Object
  polyglot.types.reflect.Attribute

Direct Known Subclasses:

Exceptions, InnerClasses

public abstract class Attribute
extends java.lang.Object

Attribute is an abstract class for an attribute defined for a method, field, or class. An attribute consists of its name (represented as an index into the constant pool) and its length. Attribute is extended to represent a constant value, code, exceptions, etc.

Author:

Nate Nystrom (nystrom@cs.purdue.edu)

See Also:

ConstantValue, Exceptions

Field Summary

protected int	length
protected int	nameIndex

Constructor Summary

Attribute(int nameIndex, int length)
Constructor.

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

nameIndex

protected int nameIndex

length

protected int length

Constructor Detail

Attribute

public Attribute(int nameIndex,
                 int length)

Constructor.

Parameters:

nameIndex - The index into the constant pool of the name of the attribute.

length - The length of the attribute, excluding the header.